The Avignon Papacy Contested: An Intellectual History from Dante to Catherine of Siena by Unn Falkeid

The Avignon Papacy Contested: An Intellectual History from Dante to Catherine of Siena

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

Unn Falkeid

288 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history religion
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The Avignon papacy (1309-1377) represented the zenith of papal power in Europe. The Roman curia's move to southern France enlarged its bureaucracy, centralized its authority, and initiated closer contact with secular institutions. The pope's prese...

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